HUAC

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After moving with her family to Europe in 1949 to avoid being subpoenaed by HUAC, which had launched an investigation into suspected Communist infiltration of Hollywood two years earlier, she said she became a retiring housewife.

From Los Angeles Times

The museum’s summer Outdoor Movies at the Skirball series, held in its courtyard, will this year feature movies by blacklisted filmmakers and others who testified before HUAC.

From Los Angeles Times

“She said, ‘I will not be part of this,’ ” said Karen Chilton, who wrote the book “Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, From Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC.”

From Washington Post

In 1957, the Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision scaled back the HUAC’s powers by overturning the conviction of labor organizer John Watkins for refusing to name Communists in the labor movement.

From Washington Post

Before she started writing children’s books, she worked at a leftist publishing house he had helped found, where her projects included editing a book of essays called “A Quarter-Century of Un-Americana, 1938-1963: A Tragico-Comical Memorabilia of HUAC,” referring to the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee.

From New York Times